PROMPT: Reflect on your findings. Explain any key assumptions you made in the analysis, or caveats about the data sources that you think the reader should be aware of.
RESPONSE: From the map, I noticed that Alameda had some modest to fairly notable increases in population. From looking at the 2010 and 2020 data on its own, it seems that that most places that were more populated in 2010 also were the most populated and saw increases in 2020, and this is where most of the change came from. However, there were some noticeable decreases which I would have to do further research on to figure out why, but could maybe have to do with if these areas were less nice, or, alternatively too expensive. I think a caveat that the reader should be aware of is in order to merge the 2010 and 2020 data information, some data could have been lost by joining the data since they had some differing geometries between 2010 and 2020. Also, as with any data set, error exists and so the numbers can be used to see general trends but not taken as absolute values of change. Overall, I thought this assignment was really insightful but I definitely faced a huge learning curve since handling census data in R (which I have no prior experience with) was a challenge due the different fields and nuances you have to be aware of. That being said, it was cool to see what R is capable of doing.